7 months old

This picture was taken on approximately her 7 month old birthday.  We were saving it until we could head up to Taylorsville and give a copy to my grandparents.  The trip to Taylorsville was pretty uneventful.  Avery got to play with her Great-Grandparents as well as Great Uncle Brian and Great Aunt Kathy.  It took her a while to warm up to everyone, but eventually we got a few smiles out of her.

Making Noise

A video of Avery making noise in her Halloween outfit....

Feeling Better

It seems as if Avery has been feeling better the last day or so.  These are a couple pictures of her napping from this weekend.  The few moments that she wasn't pooping.  Actually she may have been pooping.

She is pretty much the sweetest thing in the world.

Sick Baby

We have had a sick baby this week so it hasn't been a lot of fun.  She has been a fountain from both ends.  Instead of that story.... here is a cute picture.

Out-Take

This picture, while out of focus, still makes me laugh.

Bestest Friends part 23

Something exciting is happening off to the right!

The Rest of the Weekend

While Laura filled everyone in on what she did with Avery on Saturday when I went to the race, here is the rest of the nice weekend.

Friday night we decided to take Avery to the local high school football game.  Since it was only 100 yards from the house, we figured if it went bad then it wouldn't be hard to get her home.  When we got there, she was having a great time looking all around and taking it all in.  

 However, since the game started at 7, Avery had trouble staying up the entire game.  We gave her a bottle at half-time and she fell asleep in Laura's arms shortly thereafter.

On Sunday the weather was so nice, we took Avery and Charger on a walk on the greenway.

I think she had a good time.

Saturday at Home

Yes everyone, Laura is writing a post!  Avery is asleep and Rob is at the race so I am watching "Fried Green Tomatoes" and snuggling with Charger on the couch.  Today was pretty low key, but quite enjoyable.  Avery is getting better at sitting up on her own lately.  She normally refuses to sit and arches her back until you help her to a standing position.  However, we have found that her dog Violet is a pretty good sitting coach.  She lasted a few minutes on her own today.

Avery and I took a little trip to Wal-Mart today - she enjoys looking around as I pile groceries around her.  Today she fell asleep while reaching for the mozzarella cheese.  She also enjoys relaxing with her feet up.  She does this in the stroller or carseat quite frequently.

For dinner, Avery tried green peas.  She almost ate the whole container, but carrots are still her favorite veggie.  Guess she had a pretty fun day because she went to bed early tonight... hope that doesn't mean an early Sunday morning....

TGIF

No story today.....just a couple pictures.

Avery playing with her bestest friend charger.

Hamming it up for the camera.

Spoiled Already

Last night's feeding went a little weird.  Avery is always trying to pick up things around her to investigate them.  We gave her the cardboard wrapper that comes with her baby food as we set her down to feed her and as usual she really enjoyed passing it from one hand to another and studying it.

Studying the nutritional value of squash mush.

However when she dropped it or we tried to take it away from her to feed her, she immediately burst in to tears and screams.  The fact that she was crying was unusual because she is normally so happy, but for it to be over such a silly thing was odd.

So last night Avery was fed while holding the packaging.  When we set her down to play, the packaging was   the toy she held in one hand and would pick from the other toys with her other hand.

This weekend

For some reason we didn't take any pictures this past weekend despite being home for once.

Sara and Mitch came over to watch Avery while we went to Ben and Neli's wedding in Charlotte.  Good times were had and vows were exchanged.

Sunday we went furniture shopping to buy a new TV hole that is baby proofable, so I am doing my part to stimulate the economy by building debt.

Monday I had off thanks to the exploits of Steve Columbus and played some golf (poorly).

So without futher ado.....here is a picture of Avery............

Laughing Baby

We finally got some laughs caught on camera last night.  She laughs more and more everyday when she is tickled or played with, but when the camera comes out she fixates on it and just smiles.

"Sick" Baby

I had to go get Avery from school today because she was throwing up and had runny poops.

I thinks she has us trained on how to get her out of school as these pictures we took when we got home.  I have an even better video that I am going to post tomorrow when it gets finished uploading.

Could this baby be any happier?

 Always ready to smile for daddy and the camera.

This one she is looking at Charger...

Happy Birthday

Happy XXst Birthday to Laura!

Hoodie Part 2

A few pictures of Avery from Monday afternoon.  Apparently she had a case of the Mondays so Laura had to pick her up early from school.  She doesn't look sick or upset in these pictures.

Pics from the Weekend

Our trip to Vass was pretty uneventful.  Except for me forgetting the tickets in Charlotte.  Thanks to Graydon, Matt, and Missy for helping me out.

Some stranger wanted to take our picture.  I guess she thought we were good looking.  

 A perfect day for football

This was Avery after the game.  She didn't get to go and couldn't understand that we lost.  I can't wait until next year when she can bring that enthusiasm to the stadium.